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CDG Paris ⇄ HKG Hong Kong

Charles de Gaulle International Airport (France) and Hong Kong International Airport (Hong Kong): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance9,590 km5,959 mi5,178 nautical miles
CDG → HKG11 h 10 minestimated block time
HKG → CDG12 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change+7 hHong Kong vs Paris, today
Great-circle route from Paris (CDG) to Hong Kong (HKG)CDGParisHKGHong Kong
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

CDG → HKG

11 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 60° (ENE).

Leave Paris Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Hong Kong Sun 8 Nov, 04:10 local +1 day.

HKG → CDG

12 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 322° (NW).

Leave Hong Kong Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sat 7 Nov, 15:50 local.

CDG-bound flights are the slower direction by about 95 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance9,590 km · 5,959 mi · 5,178 nmi
Initial heading60° (ENE) from CDG; 322° (NW) from HKG
Farthest from the equator55.5°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip48% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

CDGEurope/Paris — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
HKGAsia/Hong_Kong — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceHong Kong is 7 hours ahead of Paris today; +7 h in January and +6 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying CDG → HKG. Your body clock has to move 7 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 7 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

CDG Charles de Gaulle International AirportParis, France · longest runway 13,829 ft4,215 m HKG Hong Kong International AirportHong Kong, Hong Kong · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m

More routes from CDG and HKG

LHRCDG London – Paris 348 km216 mi · 1 h 25 min CDGLIS Paris – Lisbon 1,470 km913 mi · 2 h 50 min YULCDG Montreal – Paris 5,524 km3,433 mi · 6 h 50 min CDGDEL Paris – Delhi 6,565 km4,080 mi · 7 h 55 min LAXCDG Los Angeles – Paris 9,103 km5,656 mi · 10 h 50 min CDGSIN Paris – Singapore 10,724 km6,664 mi · 12 h 30 min HKGTPE Hong Kong – Taipei 806 km501 mi · 1 h 55 min HKGBKK Hong Kong – Bangkok 1,690 km1,050 mi · 3 h HKGSIN Hong Kong – Singapore 2,566 km1,594 mi · 4 h SYDHKG Sydney – Hong Kong 7,394 km4,595 mi · 9 h 35 min SFOHKG San Francisco – Hong Kong 11,128 km6,915 mi · 14 h 50 min JFKHKG New York – Hong Kong 12,970 km8,059 mi · 15 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRHND London – Tokyo 9,592 km5,960 mi · 11 h 35 min LHRBKK London – Bangkok 9,578 km5,951 mi · 11 h 15 min LAXMUC Los Angeles – Munich 9,616 km5,975 mi · 11 h 25 min LAXICN Los Angeles – Seoul 9,625 km5,981 mi · 13 h

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).